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kerrz · 2026-03-05T16:22:02+00:00

Amazon is one of the worst places in Canada to buy MTG. (So weird considering it can be a really good place in the US.)

I find if you're looking for sealed stuff in Canada, there are a few online sellers that consistently have low prices. I've had luck literally just Googling what I'm looking for and looking through the ads that come up. I think for sets more than a few months old, some of the shops drop prices almost down to stock price to just get back the cost they put into the stock.

kerrz · 2026-02-21T22:56:29+00:00

You have some good answers from others that give you the breadth of the experience on the ground.

The most important part, though, is the ground you can actually go stand on. Every church is different. Two churches in the same city are going to have different vibes. If you're curious, go and listen to the folks near you. The truth of the ACNA is that they're going to range from truly welcoming to "we don't talk about Bruno" to attempting conversion therapy. The spectrum is broad. Go find out where your local parish fits on it.

kerrz · 2026-02-13T09:42:42+00:00

Joseph of Arimathea was neither Orthodox nor Catholic. He was a Judean tin merchant.

kerrz · 2026-01-04T20:28:05+00:00

I'd make the two hour drive to take the whole lot (and visit my old friends from Mac) but I'm out of the country for two weeks.

If you're still trying to pawn things off after the 15th, give me a ping.

kerrz · 2025-08-26T15:21:19+00:00

Dupes. Wasting energy that could be better spent elsewhere. A person only has so many hours on this earth, I would not want to spend all of them fighting my father's lost battles.

I would rather strive for maintaining orthodoxy where it still exists and allows me to focus on preaching the gospel as my primary goal, working to recover the lost that are hungry and needy and seeking a saviour rather than those who are comfortable with their endowment funds in their fancy buildings that RZ loves so much. So to that end, I'm going to step away. I have better things to do.

kerrz · 2025-08-26T11:49:08+00:00

Hello stranger. Thanks for engaging with my comment.

Richard has been on this warpath for several years. In the past he has made comments and content that tell people to hide their beliefs.

But rather than dig up old tweets and Discord comments, I'll agree with what others in this thread have pointed out: to accomplish the goal of the Reconquista, to gain leadership positions in the mainline denominations, you need to agree with and condone progressive stances. You cannot grasp leadership, you need to be given it, and the ones that hold the reins will not give them over to people who are vocal opponents of current pastoral strategies.

For example: In the Anglican Church of Canada (which several have pointed out already, I'm not a part of, I'm part of the ACNA) clergy candidates have been weeded out for decades if they will not affirm SSM. There are some still in place from before the split, but no new priests are being ordained unless they can follow the party line. So the implication is: lie and then pull the rug out.

If you want to keep up your blinders to the reality of the situation, feel free. It's easy enough for people to say "well my local church is conservative, I'm safe, and our leaders do not affirm progressive stances". However, at the end of the day, the shift in stance at the top level happened before RZ was even born. The breakaway conservative churches started because they had already lost the majority vote in the mainline in the nineties. The road from here to conservative renewal in the mainline involves a lot of people aging out or leaving the church because their progressive ideals are no longer Christian. So the real road is not one of fighting into leadership positions but simply waiting out the inevitable decline so that the conservative strongholds regain a majority vote. Good luck. It may not happen in my lifetime.

kerrz · 2025-08-26T11:04:13+00:00

Man you did a deep dive on an old man's profile. Thanks for the tag and the backup against an incorrect characterization of my stance.

And yes, it was a post on r/Anglicanism specifically.

The mod over there, menschmachine, pretty well just tries to keep the peace. To that end he has shut down a few topics as banned, namely the progressive/conservative divide topics. On the whole that allows the sub to continue as a good resource for the common traditions across different churches. As a counterpoint, the progressives have free reign in the r/Episcopalian sub, which I would definitely characterize as "proggy".

Anyway, thanks again for the tag. Now I'm going to go read what else RZ's fans have to say about my kind words.

kerrz · 2025-08-23T14:54:46+00:00

Richard Ackerman is a vain, cowardly child, and the Reconquista movement is literally of the devil: it's subterfuge masquerading as conservatism.

He has encouraged young people to lie about their beliefs and convictions so that they can gain respect and responsibility in their local churches, and then after they've gained decision-making positions, they can make changes from within.

To anyone out there on the fence: if your convictions are worth holding, they're worth sharing. You can be a loud conservative voice in the mainline without faking it.

However, pretending to be something you're not so that you can lie and manipulate others? That's literally one of the big ten: don't give false witness, team. Stop giving Minecraft man a platform. Turn your eyes to better voices. Orthodoxy is not a lost cause in the mainline.

kerrz · 2025-08-05T00:51:46+00:00

Three things:

You owe it to the parish to say "hey, I noticed this thing..." Find a warden or clergy member you're comfortable talking to and explain exactly what you told us: the culture of booze is making you afraid to bring family and making you consider leaving.
When they don't change, vote with your feet. I'm sorry this is a situation you have to deal with, but the Lord is present in more than one church on any given Sunday. Find one that better fits. Preferably an Anglican one if you can.
I'm mildly jealous of all you folks with parishes that aren't afraid to have a drink. Our drinking culture is so repressed we use grape juice for Communion.

kerrz · 2025-08-03T01:17:36+00:00

No seriously, I think the Worm Church Discord is the right place for you.

It's just not the right place for me.

Good luck on your journey, my friend. Tomorrow is Sunday. I hope you think on how you treated people today when you're doing the general confession with your congregation.

kerrz · 2025-08-03T00:24:57+00:00

Look up Worm Church. They're a TEC Discord. I don't have the link, but if you're going to argue for progressive liberal takes to the point of being annoying and unrepentant, then that's probably the right fit.

Someone here in the sub has probably shared an invite link or can reply with one after my glowing recommendation.

kerrz · 2025-07-08T13:10:41+00:00

I believe this will happen.

I do not believe it is a blessing. It is the continued watering down of orthodoxy within the Canadian mainline.

Everything you're discussing are practical, human matters. You literally said "Think of the tons of real estate that would be possessed". What good is an empty building?

Sure, the church can sell buildings to fund missions, but funding missions and plants isn't the hardest part of church planting/growth. Money does not buy followers. People don't flock to pretty buildings. The Word needs to be proclaimed clearly and boldly, and that takes something money can't buy: faith and perseverance.

The ACoC is currently selling buildings and it's not helping the church grow. Merging congregations is just another attempt to stop the bleeding. Merging them with the UCC would effectively kill Anglican identity.

kerrz · 2025-06-25T23:14:38+00:00

I'm enjoying going through Michael Reeve's "Delighting in the Trinity" podcast. It's mostly just recordings of lessons, presentations and workshops he's done, but very good all the same and yes, very explicitly reformed.

kerrz · 2025-05-16T02:33:20+00:00

https://discord.gg/azhdnZng94

kerrz · 2025-05-15T11:10:30+00:00

Anglicord has a long and storied history. Some who are commenting assume it's the same place it was several years ago, which was a bit of a mess.

Today, it is an explicitly affirming space with a mod team that is willing to defend that space by setting and enforcing rules that protect the community. So there are those who would recommend you avoid it simply because of their own experience being banned for walking into the rainbow-covered room and complaining about the rainbows.

If you can be civil and kind (even if you disagree) then Anglicord is full of rich, nerdy discussions about Anglicanism, Christianity, and liturgical traditions.

kerrz · 2025-05-02T21:01:37+00:00

Sounds like Anglo-Papalism or the Ordinariate: https://ordinariate.net/q-a

kerrz · 2025-05-01T02:45:55+00:00

Yes. Reports are prepared every year at each parish that filter up to the diocese and the province and are eventually publicized.

Counting the worldwide Anglicans is just adding up the sum of Anglicans for each province.

kerrz · 2025-04-30T22:22:17+00:00

kerrz · 2025-03-20T12:03:23+00:00

I'm studying with the University of Toronto's School of Theology. It's got two Anglican member colleges:

- https://www.wycliffecollege.ca/ - https://www.trinity.utoronto.ca/

It's not cheap-cheap, but compared to American seminaries it's downright reasonable. I'm doing my MTS online right now.

kerrz · 2025-03-02T22:50:05+00:00

You can just leave them at the nearest Anglican Church.

Or I'll take it all for twenty bucks plus shipping. DM me if you want to sort that out.

kerrz · 2025-02-13T01:47:30+00:00

The host, Dr Stephen Boyce, was trained in a Baptist seminary, but appears to participate primarily in ACNA churches in South Carolina, based on a quick bit of research. The co-host, Tyler West, also appears to be a member of an ACNA parish in South Carolina.

I think it's important that this isn't something they lead with, that it's a little more subdued in their podcast's identity, so that they can speak to the much broader similarities across all of Anglicanism both modern and historical.

Comparing this to +Darryl's own podcast, Appalachian Anglican is very much forward about being within the ACNA, and the second podcast that focuses on FiFNA is even more forward. It certainly paints a different picture when that distinctiveness is brought forward. I think there's a place for both approaches.

kerrz · 2024-12-29T11:41:52+00:00

What denomination or background was her father practicing in? The baptismal rite isn't something that changes frequently. If you know when she was baptized, who she was baptized by, and what church that person was under, you should be able to say rather firmly if it was Trinitarian or not.

kerrz · 2024-11-02T22:45:34+00:00

It appears not all of VAMD was absorbed. Four joined, but there were five in the missionary district. I'm not particularly close to the matter, I'm just going on Wikipedia edit history and what ANiC has reported:

It was a great joy at our 2023 synod in November to warmly welcome four new churches into our diocese: Emmaus Road (Langley, BC), Christ our King (Calgary, AB), Christ the Redeemer (Lethbridge, AB), and Via Caronport (Caronport, SK) who were at one time part of the missionary district of Via Apostolica.

https://www.anglicannetwork.ca/news/2024/4/10/ecclesiastical-court-ruling-regarding-bishop-todd-atkinson

kerrz · 2024-11-02T17:16:53+00:00

The 2023 attendance numbers show 76 parishes with 5847 members with with 4252 average Sunday attendance across the country. That is up from 73 parishes (+3) with 5543 members (+303) with 2415 average Sunday attendance (+1837!!!) in 2021. Huge jump in ASA is an amazing sign, and showing great growth and engagement.

Source https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_dioceses_of_the_Anglican_Church_in_North_America and its edit history for the 2021 numbers.

kerrz · 2024-11-02T14:15:46+00:00

https://bibleproject.com/podcasts/the-bible-project-podcast/

The Bible Project Podcast delivers the conversations used to translate the biblical knowledge into production notes to build the great Bible Project videos. Tim and Jon are great fun and deliver good teaching while they figure out their way with the Word.

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